Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

I've decided to change-up how I write these.
Since most of my weekdays are pretty much the same and though they are different from weekdays in the US, they really aren't interesting enough to warrant reading (or writing) basically the same thing 5 times a week. So I've decided to do posts on Monday afternoons or nights about what I did over the weekend, and then unless something extraordinary happens during the week, do a sort of highlight of the week post on Friday. Other than that you can assume that I'm getting up, walking to work, reading a whole bunch of stuff at work, walking home, hopefully going running at the track next to my guesthouse, and then reading or watching Wimbleton or soccer.

As for it being different than the US, you can also assume that on those walks I will come close to being run over by about 150 motorbikes, be asked if I want to ride on a motorbike maybe 10 times, walk along sidewalks as they are being rebuilt, walk where there should be sidewalks but right now there is just dirt, and as for running I will have to make a detour every quarter mile around the house that is in the middle of the track because whoever planned it messed up quite a bit.

So it being a Friday, highlights of the past week are in order.
1) I figured out how to get into the above mentioned track and made myself run 3 times. Today I was a little lazy and only did 2 miles, but I'm pretty happy with my times for the two times that I put in 3.
2) Professor Dapice has departed, which isn't really a highlight as much as a bummer, but is worth mentioning.
3) Last night I didn't get to go running because I walked back over the Pham Nhu Lao and planned out my trip to Dalat (for which I leave in about 3 hours).
4). I have a new assignment (and a new desk) at work. I am now looking into how countries that were once like vietnam have gone about creating a "ruthlessly" differentiate higher education system. (One in which the different piece know thier roles, ex// community colleges are focused on being the best community college they can be, and not on trying to convince someone in government that they should be upgraded to a major research university). So today I read all about Ireland.
5). Not so much a highlight, as a note to Patrick...I have started listening to the economist on my walks to and from work...I'm still not convinced that this is better than reading, I keep zoning out.

I think that's about it. I was going to go over to Pham Ngu Lao early tonight to explore and take in the backpacker community more, but that plan was steamrolled by the discover the the Federer Haas match was on, so I'm going to stop writing and actually focus on that. Dalat report (and pictures) to come Monday night.